If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us. ~ Hermann Hesse Egotistical do-gooder know-it-all! You cannot hear of a problem without gallant expressions of caring, […]
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They dressed up beautifully and they grubbed down beautifully. ~ Lanaya Baker Beauty is not sold at the cosmetic counter, on the dress racks, at the plastic surgeon’s. Beauty arises from the inside out, and shines in the eyes, in […]
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Ask me to name one outstanding quality about myself, and I will hem and haw, knowing deep down that my best self-appraisal is unreliable. It seems safer to be derogatory than complimentary, to criticize rather than praise. ~ For Today […]
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6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. The sixth step, miniscule in direct coverage, verbiage, in the Big Book. One little paragraph, restating willingness is indispensable, a couple of questions, a what-if answer, and […]
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I expect nothing good, no kindness, no courtesy, no respect. I expect your garbage dumped on me, sarcasm, bitterness, arrows of spite… I expect nothing good but I’ve come to understand that’s not what I deserve. I am worthy of […]
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